New York Police stand outside the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 in New York. A police bomb squad was sent to CNN's offices at the center, and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen) ORG XMIT: NYR103(Photo: Kevin Hagen, AP)

Law enforcement officials are still investigating Thursday the suspicious packages that were mailed to CNN and prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The packages, seen as the latest in a seemingly coordinated attack on prominent liberals, were discovered in multiple states across the country. All of the recipients identified have been high-profile targets of President Donald Trump, leaving many to criticize his rhetoric, which they say incites violence. During a rally in Wisconsin, Trump implored politicians to use civility, but put some of the blame for the current political climate on the media.

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A bomb disposal technician carries a package out of a U.S. Post Office facility at 52nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, Oct. 26, 2018 in New York City. The latest package bomb device intercepted in New York City this morning was addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper at CNN's offices. Drew Angerer, Getty Images

epa07121596 Police officers stand outside of a US post office where another suspicious package was discovered and removed by the New York Police Department's bomb squad in New York, New York, USA, 26 October 2018. In recent days packages containing pipe bombs were sent to several prominent figures across the country, sparking a sprawling nationwide investigation. JUSTIN LANE, EPA-EFE

In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, FBI agents cover a van parked in Plantation, Fla., on Oct. 26, 2018, that federal agents and police officers have been examining in connection with package bombs that were sent to high-profile critics of President Donald Trump. The van has several stickers on the windows, including American flags, decals with logos and text. AP

A NYPD Total Containment Vessel arrives as law enforcement officers investigate a suspicious package at the intersection of W. 52nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in New York on Oct. 26, 2018. The New York Police Department on Friday closed a Manhattan intersection to traffic and pedestrians as investigators handle a suspicious package. Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY

Postal Police remained outside of the U.S. Post Service Delaware Processing and Distribution Center in New Castle off Quigley Blvd. on Thursday morning after law enforcement investigated another suspicious package potentially targeting former Vice President Joe Biden. Jennifer Corbett, The News Journal

The police bomb disposal unit is set up near the back of the post office on Lancaster Avenue in Wilmington Del. after law enforcement investigated another suspicious package potentially targeting former Vice President Joe Biden. Jeanne Kuang/The News Journal

New York Police stand outside the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, Oct. 24, 2018 in New York. A police bomb squad was sent to CNN's offices at the center, and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package. The Secret Service said it intercepted an explosive device sent to the Obamas and a similar one that was also sent to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton. Another similar explosive device was sent to CNN's offices in New York, Rep. Wasserman Schultz ’ office in Sunrise, Fla, as well as one sent to billionaire philanthropist George Soros on Oct. 22. Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

A member of the Broward Sheriff's Office bomb squad is seen as he investigates a suspicious package in the building where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has an office on Oct. 24, 2018 in Sunrise, Fla. Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Police tape keeps people back as the The Broward Sheriff's Office bomb squad investigate a suspicious package in the building where Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has an offce on Oct. 24, 2018 in Sunrise, Fla. Joe Raedle, Getty Images

U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division officers stand guard at the end of the block where former President Barack Obama and his family live and where an explosive device was sent October 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

CIA Director Gina Haspel, who was dispatched to Turkey earlier this week, will brief President Donald Trump on her trip and the probe into Jamal Khashoggi’s death on Thursday, according to White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. This comes one day after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addressed an international audience for the first time since the killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, calling it a “heinous” crime. The prince made no reference to allegations that he may have known about or directed Khashoggi’s death but vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Turkish police stand guard as they cordoned off an underground car park, Oct. 22, 2018, in Istanbul, after they found an abandoned car belonging to the Saudi consulate, three weeks after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate. OZAN KOSE, AFP/Getty Images

Turkish forensics arrive at an underground car park cordoned off by Turkish police, Oct. 22, 2018 in Istanbul, after they found an abandoned car belonging to the Saudi consulate, three weeks after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate. OZAN KOSE, AFP/Getty Images

Security personnel guard Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the son of Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom announced early Monday, to express condolences for the death of the journalist killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul by officials that allegedly included a member of the royal's entourage. Lefteris Pitarakis, AP

Turkish forensics leave an underground car park cordoned off by Turkish police, Oct. 22, 2018, in Istanbul, after police found an abandoned car belonging to the Saudi consulate, three weeks after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate. OZAN KOSE, AFP/Getty Images

In this image made from a March 2018 video provided by Metafora Production, Jamal Khashoggi reacts as a cat jumped on his lap, while speaking in an interview at an undisclosed location. Eighteen days after Khashoggi disappeared, Saudi Arabia acknowledged early Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, that the 59-year-old writer has died in what it said was a "fistfight" inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Metafora Production via AP

A security guard walks outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Saudi Arabia claims Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a "fistfight" in consulate, finally admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post. The overnight announcement in Saudi state media came more than two weeks after Khashoggi, 59, entered the building for paperwork required to marry his Turkish fiancée, and never came out. Lefteris Pitarakis, AP

A woman stands next to police barriers, in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, on Oct. 20, 2018. Saudi Arabia admitted on October 20, 2018 that critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its Istanbul consulate, saying he died during a "brawl", as Turkey vowed to release the full findings of its own investigation. Yasin Akgul, AFP/Getty Images

Sherine Tadros, head of New York (UN) Office of Amnesty International, speaks during a news conference at the United Nations, Oct. 18, 2018. Members from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders make an appeal regarding the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP/Getty Images

Turkish forensic officers leave the Saudi consulate after they conducted a new search over the disappearance and alleged slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, early Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Emrah Gurel, AP

Turkish forensic officers arrive at the Saudi consulate to conduct a new search over the disappearance and alleged slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, early Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak on Wednesday said it had obtained audio recordings of the alleged killing of Saudi writer Khashoggi inside the consulate on Oct. 2. Emrah Gurel, AP

A Turkish police officer walks inside the property of the residence of the Saudi consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi as Turkish police conduct a search after the disappearance and alleged slaying of writer Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Emrah Gurel, AP

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018. Pompeo also met on Tuesday with Saudi King Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Leah Mills, Pool photo by Leah Millis

A security member is seen inside the entrance of the Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. A Turkish forensics teams finished a search for evidence inside the Saudi Arabia Consulate in Istanbul early Tuesday morning, over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Petros Giannakouris, AP

Two trucks are loaded with evidence from Turkish forensic police officers as they take part in the investigation of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 16, 2018. TOLGA BOZOGLU, EPA-EFE

Tawakkol Karman, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2011, gestures as she talks to members of the media about the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Lefteris Pitarakis, AP

A security guard walks in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. Veteran Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared Oct. 2, 2018, while on a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, sparking an international uproar involving the kingdom, Turkey and the United States that remains unresolved. Lefteris Pitarakis, AP

This image taken from CCTV video obtained by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet and made available on Oct. 9, 2018, claims to show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. CCTV via AP

A bird flies next to Saudi Arabia's flag at the roof top of their consulate building in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Veteran Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared over a week ago while on a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, sparking an international uproar involving the kingdom, Turkey and the United States that remains unresolved. Petros Giannakouris, AP

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